Pencil-box for slates.



J. KOEGEL.

PENCIL BOX FOR SLATES.

APPLIOATION FILED APR.13.1905.

PATENTED NOV. 28, 1905.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 28, 1905.

Application filed April 13, 1905. Serial No, 255,283.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JULIUS KOEGEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New J ersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pencil-Boxes for Slates; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, and to numerals of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The objects of this invention are to provide upon an ordinary slate having a wooden frame a box or receptacle for pencils, to obtain for this purpose a simple and cheap construction, to avoid the necessity of cutting or mutilating the slate-frame in applying the pencil-box, and to obtain other advantages and results, some of which may be hereinafter referred to in connection with the description of the working parts.

The invention consists in the improved pencil-box for slates and in the arrangements and combinations of parts of the same, all substantially as will be hereinafter set forth, and finally embraced in the clauses of the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in each of the several figures, Figure 1 is a plan of a slate having a pencil-box of my improved construction ap plied thereto. Fig. 2 is asection taken transversely of the pencil-box and adjacent slateframe, as on line m, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of the pencil-box, taken at line y, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is an end elevation of the slate and pencil-box. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a corner portion of the pencilbox body, and Fig. 6 shows the sheet-metal blank from which the pencil-box body portion is adapted to be bent up.

In said drawings, 2 indicates a slate provided at its marginal edges with the usual wooden frame 3, and it is to one of the longitudinal side pieces of said frame that my improved pencil-box is adapted to be applied.

The body part of the pencil-box comprises a piece of sheet metal having a portion 4, adapted to overlap upon the slate-frame and be tacked thereto, as at 5. Extensions 6 6 at the opposite ends and a portion 7 at the outer side edge of said sheet-metal piece are then adapted to be bent upward to form walls on three sides of the pencil-box, the slate-frame forming the fourth wall.

Around the ends of the pencil-box are carried sheet-metal clasps 8 and 9, each substantially U-shaped and having its extremities overlapping on opposite sides of the slateframe 3 and being tacked thereto. These clasps serve to hold the pencil-box to the slateframe more securely.

For a cover to the body of my improved pencil-box a flat piece of sheet metal 10 is provided, which slips at one end underneath the clasp 8, said clasp being ofiset, as at 11, to provide a recess therefor. At its other end the said cover 10 lies upon the clasp 9, and also at its edge it overlaps upon the slateframe 3.

A hooked staple 12 is inserted in the slateframe 3 to retain the edge of the cover 10, and another such staple, as 13, projects upon the clasp 9 and is adapted to pass through a slot 14 in the cover 10. Then by turning the said staple 13 into transverse position, as shown in Fig. 1, the said cover will be secured in place, as will be understood. Preferably a block 15 is inserted in the end of the body part of the pencil-box within the clasp 9 to receive the said staple.

By the construction thus described a simple and cheap pencil-box is provided for the ordinary school-slate, and which can be applied to the slate without any particular construction of said slate than has been common heretofore.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new is 1. In a pencil-box, a sheet-metal body part having upturned edges. forming side walls, clasps around each end of said body part, one having a rotatable headed staple, and a sheetmetal cover or lid adapted at one end of the box to pass under the clasp and at the other end being slotted to receive said staple.

2. In a pencil-box, a sheet-metal body part having upturned edges forming side walls, a filler-block in one end of said body part, a rotatable headed staple projecting from said filler-block, a sheet-metal cover or lid for the box slotted at one end to receive said staple, and means for retaining the other end of said cover or lid.

3. The combination with slate, of a pencilbox comprising a sheet metal body part adapted to overlap upon the slate-frame portion and being secured thereto, end clasps extending around the said body portion and being secured to the slate-frame, and a. removable cover for said body portion.

4. The combination with a slate having a Wooden frame, of a sheet-metal box-body secured thereto at one edge and having side Walls substantially equal in height to the thickness of the said frame, a cover or lid adapted to engage said side Walls and frame, and means for holding said cover in place.

5. The combination with a slate having a Wooden frame, of a sheet-metal box-body secured thereto at one edge and having side Walls substantially equal in height to the thickness of said frame, end clasps extending around the said box-body and secured to the 5 slate-frame, a cover or lid adapted to engage said end clasps and overlie the box-body, and means for holding said cover in place.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 10th day of 20 April, 1905.

JULIUS KOEGEL.

Witnesses:

RUssELL M. EVERETT, CHARLES H. PELL. 

